Broncos on a tight budget are running in the top 4 of the Championship this year. They could be in Super League next year if they can lift their level of play a little and Huddersfield stay in the doldrums.

Not a chance.

Don't be trolled Vasty.

Forget rugby league in London, just forget it. The biggest draw in the capital are the gold plated supercars. No seriously!

I would like to see a situation where within 5 years both clubs were only playing London players.
There are potentially thousands of Rugby League players in London which remains a untapped market for Rugby League.

How many London born currently in sl and in what positions?

LMS, Clubb, Dixon, Sarginson, Mike Macmeeken (sp?) Krasniqi, Caton-Brown

I think those are the ones currently in SL. Your a couple of players short of a good team there, shame London couldn't keep them all.

There's also I few running round at other championship clubs, not to mention overseas players Dorn and Vea who were discovered by the capital club.

Sarginson born in Perth, Australia but raised in Hemel Hempstead.
Krasniqi, born in Tirane, Albania but brought up in Feltham.
McMeeken, born in Basingstoke.
Clubb, born in Gravesend.

But they all came through the ranks at Harlequins/London Broncos, as well as a few others, Bryan, Caro, etc.
It shows that there is talent in the south if they are nurtured correctly, what a shame for the London club ( broncos/quins) that they couldn't develop a good solid, team around these guys.

Agreed Meast, definitely some talent down there, guys like Oscar Thomas at bradford and Channing and Will Sharp at Featherstone.

The talent has come through, and it's a shame there's not that pathway to the top now.

Whatever happened to the Belcher brothers?

or
Dom Peters
Giles Thomas
James Brookes
George Truelove

Didn't Dom Peters pick up a drugs ban, or am I thinking of someone else?

I know he played for Lancashire in the Roses games, as the England selectors wanted to take a look at him playing at a higher level.

As Andy Gilder says Dom Peters recieved a ban due to drugs. Think the story was that took steroids to help improve his rehabilitation back from an injury.

Think you mean the Bolger brothers. They and others made it so far but were then either cut as not reaching the SL standard or could see they were not top of the list and sought other options. I believe both the Bolger brothers are or were in Abu Dhabi working as well as playing RL!

George Truelove returned to union, had a decent career in both pro and semi pro ranks I believe. Not really a London developed player tbh, was signed from Bedford RU from memory.

Off the top of my head.
McMeeken, LMS, Clubb, Sarginson, Caro, Dixon

Both Bolger brothers were involved with UAERL until it was shut down and banned by RU officials.